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    Guantanamo Bay was attained by Theodore Roosevelt in 1903, when he signed an agreement with the Cuban government leasing the land in return for 2,000 gold coins a year. For years after the agreement was signed, Guantanamo Bay was used as a naval base, as well as to spy on Communist Cuba in the 1930’s. In November of 1991, an overthrow of the Haitian government left thousands of Haitians fleeing dictatorship. The Bush Administration announced that it would erect a “tent shelter” in order to house

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    Essay On Guantanamo Bay

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    Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp is a United States Military Prison. The camp is used to secure some of the worlds most dangerous criminals. These inmates are being imprisoned without trial because of their horrific crimes. The majority of the people being held at Guantanamo Bay are being tortured because they play a vital part in information and leads for the US Military. If the detainees were to be released they wouldn't be in a facility as secure as Guantanamo Bay and could possibly be deported back

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    What Is Guantanamo Bay?

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    What is Guantanamo Bay? Guantanamo Bay is known for how they torture and interrogate terrorist, Guantanamo Bay is a military ran prison located at the Gitmo naval base in Cuba, Guantanamo Bay is also known as Gitmo. (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica, n.d.) Guantanamo Bay was constructed in different phases in two thousand and two. When it was first constructed it was used to house Muslims who were suspected of being terrorist and where captured by the U.S. in Afghanistan. Guantanamo was basically

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    Guantanamo Bay is Not Cool America is better off if Guantanamo Bay was shut down. "The Politics of Guantánamo." The Economist. The Economist Newspaper, 18 Oct. 2014. Web. Nov. 2015.1 President Obama called for Guantanamo Bay to be shut down back in 2009. It is now 2015 and Guantanamo Bay is still open and still holding many types of prisoners. Guantanamo Bay mainly holds suspected terrorists, but also holds other types of prisoners. Prisoners being held captive have been imprisoned and have yet

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    Guantanamo Bay Thesis

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    American taxpayers, maintaining the prison at Guantánamo has costed $4.8 billion since it had opened in 2002? Well this al back to “ The Global War on Terror” under the Bush administration that,. response to the 9/11 attacks, targeted middle eastern regions of the world;, collecting men from left to right by heavily armed American soldiers. Unfortunately, some of them are destined to pay for another man’s crime by serving time in Guantanamo Bay. Guantanamo Bay, located within a naval base in Cuba,

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    Guantanamo Bay As Nelson Mandela once said, “To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.” Guantánamo bay, Cuba is the home of the oldest U.S naval station base out of the continental U.S. The United States invaded Guantánamo bay and established a base during the Spanish-American war (“Guantanamo...” 2008, par. 2). After the attack on the twin towers on September 11, 2001, the base’s mission expanded to include the Detainee Mission of the War of Terror (“Guantanamo…” 2008

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    Josie Schaefer Mrs. Gross English 9 22 December 2016 Guantanamo Bay The Guantanamo Bay seems to be a very interesting but historical place. For years it has changed and became what it is today. It is used as a military base, and it's one of the oldest ones. The base has been open since 1903 and was used as multiple things throughout the years. Guantanamo bay is the oldest historical military base located in Cuba. First off, the Guantanamo Bay is the oldest existing U.S. Military base. It is located

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    sent to one of the most widely condemned places in the world--Guantanamo Bay detention camp (Ball). While this scenario may sound strange and confusing, it was the sad reality for many innocent men, who committed no crime other than wearing a watch. Admittedly, this watch was given out by al-Qaida to trainees, but many of the people who had this watch were innocent, not at all associated with the infamous terror organization. Guantanamo Bay detention camp , also referred to as Gitmo, is a U.S. operated

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    Guantanamo Bay After the Spanish-american war ended (1898) the U.S. got a piece of land in cuba as a trophy for winning the war.(“Guantanamo”). Which is more commonly known as Guantanamo Bay. There has been much controversy on this topic, Guantanamo Bay has a lot of background information to get to where it is now and there are many positive and negative opinions on Guantanamo. Guantanamo Bay hasn't always been a jail like facility, with the ability to torture terrorists. Cuba is located in southern

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    Guantanamo Bay has been a location for torture and inhumane methods, for the past 10 years. No one should be thrown into a detention center and undergo a series of torture methods without being given a trial. Everyone who is arrested deserves a trial to prove their innocence. As we say in America, “You are innocent until proven guilty.” The unlawful treatment of detainees has gone too far, and as promised, Barack Obama needs to put an end to the United States occupance in Cuba as well as putting

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